Headlines- Iran is "desperate" to meet and discuss, according to US President Donald Trump, who also threatens to launch a "very heavy" attack on the purported new Iranian nuclear site.
- Iran's state media claimed on Tuesday that Iran's top joint military command declared that if the US hit Iranian nuclear sites, it would target the interests of the US and its allies.
- US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States will permit direct flights to Lebanon, more than 40 years after direct flights between the two countries were halted in 1985, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan, after the hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
- Iranian drone strikes are being intercepted by Kuwait's air defenses, according to the army.
- On Capitol Hill, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed lawmakers that the United States had already spent $37.5 billion on the war in Iran.
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On US University Campuses, Pro-Palestinian Protests...
Pro-Palestinian protests take place on college campuses across the country every day. Students are protesting against the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and demanding that humanitarian aid be allowed to flow into the territory.It seems that the protests are not dying down while several students and demonstrators have been suspended or detained.
An Icon of New York City
Astor Place Hairstylists, an iconic New York City business that has set the trends for urban hairstyles, spanning from punk to hip hop, for more than four decades.
Netanyahu Vows to Shut Down Al-Jazeera...
Under a new law allowing the closure of foreign networks deemed a threat to national security, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will shut down the operations of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news network in Israel.
Violence,Economic Stagnation Drive More Ecuadorians to...
In the last several months, an unprecedented surge in gang violence has forced tens of thousands of people from Ecuador. More Ecuadorians are setting their sights on a better life in the US due to rising crime and a lack of employment possibilities.
Inside Massive Migrant Processing Center in...
Temporary centers have been set up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to facilitate the processing of immigrants entering the country more quickly.Cesar Contreras toured one of the facilities opened last year in El Paso, Texas, in this story narrated by Veronica Villafañe.
Thousands of Haitians had already fled...
Even before the most recent wave of violence, thousands of Haitians had been fleeing the economic and political instability in their country. When heading to the United States, many first stop in South America, where some attempt to find work.
After Arriving in New York, West...
The number of migrants from West African countries has tripled in the last year alone, adding to the almost two-year-old migration problem in New York City that began with an influx of Venezuelans and other Latin American countries.
In the Haitian Capital, Violence Escalates
Since residents of the city are fleeing and relief workers are unable to continue providing food distribution and other basic services, gang violence in Port-au Prince, the capital of Haiti, is getting worse.VOA Creole reporter Jacquelin Belizaire has the latest on what brought about the spike in violence and the international community’s response to it.
Death Penalty Abolition Calls in US...
There are signs that public opinion is turning against execution, even as some US states explore new methods to carry out the death penalty. As international calls to abolish the death penalty rise, VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias looks at the arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States.
On Way to US border,Migrant Children...
The Darien Gap is a dangerous jungle stretch that connects Colombia, in South America to Panama in Central America.Many migrants take this path in their quest to reach the border with the United States; among them, one in five are children. Furthermore, officials say that the number of migrants using the perilous route is growing.